Use of hand hygiene agents as a surrogate marker of compliance in Hungarian long-term care facilities: first nationwide survey.

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Published in Antimicrob Resist Infect Control on July 31, 2015

Authors

Rita Szabó1, Júlia Morvai2, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues3, Didier Pittet3

Author Affiliations

1: National Center for Epidemiology, Department of Hospital Epidemiology and Hygiene, Albert Flórián út 2-6, Budapest, 1097 Hungary.
2: Semmelweis University, School of PH.D. Studies, Vas utca 17, Budapest, 1088 Hungary.
3: Infection Control Programme, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, Geneva, 1205 Switzerland.

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